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Seneca’s thoughts on self-reliance
In history, the concept of self-reliance developed in parallel to the concept of individuality. In the absence of autonomy, we cannot speak of self-reliance. In […]
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Seneca’s principles for thriving in life
Large numbers of philosophers have preached ideals that do not have anything to do with real life. When I read their works, I can only […]
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Seneca on the fear of death
Historians have greatly exaggerated the importance of the Stoic insights on the fear of death. Seneca wrote about death in his essays and in the […]
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Misunderstandings about Seneca’s ideas
It is not a coincidence that historians and philosophers have spread large misunderstandings of Stoicism, especially of the ideas presented by Seneca in his writings. […]
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Understanding Seneca’s philosophy
For modern readers, Stoicism is hard to understand because our century is vastly different from the early Roman Empire. It is easy for us to […]
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Seneca’s essays on life
The accuracy of a philosophy does not depend on the length of the examples and explanations. Nonetheless, it does not hurt if the philosopher recounts […]
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The risks of thinking like Seneca
Before praising the advantages of a philosophy, we should devote equal efforts to assessing its disadvantages. Few people enjoy looking at the risks of projects […]
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How to think like Seneca
We could substantially increase our performance if we learn to think like the greatest philosophers in history, but is it really possible? I consider it […]
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What Seneca got wrong about resilience
I am sceptical of remedies that cure all types of sickness; and when it comes to philosophy, I’m sceptical of prescriptions that can assuage profound […]
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Seneca on resilience
In history, Stoicism was the first philosophy that regarded resilience as a crucial virtue. Every Stoic principle rests on the assumption that resilience delivers important […]
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